If you are interested in exchanging your Baltimore Running Festival race shirt, you will have the opportunity at the tent sale on Dec 3. ALL EXCHANGES ARE FIRST COME FIRST SERVE and you are not guaranteed your size. 

Simply bring the shirt you received at the expo and we will exchange it if the size is available.

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TENT SALE ON DEC 3.
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Join us on Saturday, Dec. 3  for our Annual Tent Sale at Corrigan Sports (Visit here for directions).  The sale will be held from 10am - 2pm.  We will have all the left over Official Event Merchandise -- shirts, mocks, shorts, mugs, hats, t-shirts -- available at discount prices, plus you may purchase a second (or third) Under Armour Performance Race Shirt from this year's event for as little as $15.

The Baltimore Running Festival distributes more than 280 awards to its participants and now that our results have become official after the 30-day dispute period, it is time to present those awards to our top finishers. Award Winners can be found on our website here.

These custom made awards will look great on anyone's desk and serve as quite a conversation starter when that big client comes to visit!  We hope you enjoy these as much as we do and CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners.

LOCAL AWARDS WINNERS- VISIT THIS LINK to view the list of winners whose prize will be available for pick up at the Tent Sale on Dec. 3.  We ask that all local winners come pick up their award in person.(Fan Fair included free of charge ...)   All runners not on the list will have their award mailed to them shortly after the Thanksgiving Holiday.  (Some awards did not arrive in the initial shipment.)  Awards on the list will also be available for pick up during normal business hours (9a-5p Mon. thru Fri.) at the Corrigan Sports offices. (Please Note:  CSE is away at another event this week and closed for Thanksgiving all next week.  Please do not plan to pick up your award at CSE until Dec. 3 or after the tent sale.)

PLEASE NOTE:  All relay team prizes will be mailed to the team captain who registered the team.  Relay prizes include gift certificates to Outback Steakhouse, Phillips Seafood and more, official merchandise, Polk Audio headphones, and other great prizes.  Relay Prizes are awarded to the top three teams in each division (Male, Female and Mixed).

Like many veteran marathoners, Bob Pohl always had an eye on the clock.  

"I used to tell my wife that if I drop in a race to stop my watch because I don't want to go to the hereafter with a bad time," he said. "The joke was funnier before."  

The 55-year-old Marriottsville runner did collapse during a race. He was about 200 feet from the finish line of the Baltimore half-marathon on Oct. 15 when a blockage in a main artery stopped his blood from flowing - and his heart from beating.  

The minutes lost in receiving aid typically make it rare for someone to survive sudden cardiac arrest outside a hospital. But close on Pohl's heels this day were a Baltimore police officer, a Columbia chiropractor, some Howard County paramedic trainees, a Union Memorial Hospital doctor and other medical professionals who swiftly provided CPR, a shock to his chest and a trip to the emergency room. 

The speed was part planning and part luck, Pohl learned. Though he didn't open his eyes for days, he is now home recuperating and reflecting for the first time publicly on the time he still has.  

"He went from dead to alive in a matter of minutes," said Dr. Cynthia Webb, chief of Union Memorial's emergency room who has been coordinating medical care at the Baltimore Running Festival for three years along with the event organizer, Corrigan Sports Enterprises.  [READ MORE]

Results for the Legg Mason School Spirit Competition are in!  Results were tabulated through feedback from our online surveys, form observations from race officials and from input from a specailly selected panel of marathon participants to volunteered to judge the competition. 

1st Thomas Johnson Elementary Middle ($2500) 2nd Federal Hill Elementary Middle ($2000) 3rd Frederick Douglass High School ($1500) 4th Hampstead Hill Elementary Middle ($1000) 5th Hampden Elementary Middle ($500)

Thomas Johnson reports thate they will purchase a surveilance camera, mulch for their playground and gym equipment with their winnings.  Congratulations to all of the winners and a heartfelt THANK YOU to allthe schools who participated.

If you are looking for a Spring race to complement your running of the Baltimore Running Festival, we encourage you to consider participating in the Frederick Running Festival held Sunday, May 6, 2012.  Frederick is Maryland's second largest city and the race is a hidden gem.   Race registration IS NOW OPEN and you can get the Bet Prices if you register before Nov 13th

If you choose to do the Maryland Double by completing the half marathon Frederick & the full or half-marathon in Baltimore in the same year you will receive a special third medal.  Runners who register for the double online receive an additional $10 savings and are permitted to sign up for Baltimore six weeks before that race opens for registration at the best price .   Runners who do both half marathons will receive the smaller medal, while those who do the half in Frederick and the full marathon in Baltimore will receive the larger Double Medal.  Registration for the Double can only be done through the Frederick site. 

For additional information on the CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Frederick Running Festival, visit www.frederickrunfest.com  

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REGISTRATION FOR BRF 2012 WILL OPEN DEC. 13!